DrawingDead
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Well, they are not entirely angels either. If you listen to the Burmese side of the story, you would know. Quite sure if they remained as responsible citizens, this wouldn't happen today. There's a Chinese community in Burma who are quite successful too. And the days of colonialism messed up the demographics in the region. For instance, there was a large community of Hindu Nepalis in Buddhist Bhutan but after the collapse of the British empire, they were expelled from Bhutan in the same way.
No, I'm sure they're not angels and I'd very much like to hear the Burmese side of the story as long as they've got a little more than well, they're not really Burmese. But the thing is, Burma doesn't recognize them as citizens so there's no question of being responsible citizens. What are they supposed to do? I agree that colonialism made a mess, not just here but in a lot of places throughout the world but 70 years and several generations later, Burma can't just keep pretending that these people don't belong there. It puts a lot of pressure on the other countries in the region. They now either have to leave them out on the open seas to their fate or accept them and provide services for them. How is that fair to them?